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About the Book

Author: Anne Eliot

Title: Almost

Pages: 366

Genre: YA Contemporary Romance

Date Published: February 3, 2012

Publisher: Butterfly Books, LLC

Synopsis:
At a freshman party she doesn't remember, Jess Jordan was almost raped.

...Almost. Very nearly. Not quite. Three years later, Jess has managed to make everyone believe she's better. Over it. Because she is.

...Almost. Very nearly. Not quite.

Unfortunately, until Jess proves she's back to normal activities, her parents won't discuss college. So, she lands a summer internship and strikes a deal with hockey jock, Gray Porter: He gets $8,000. She gets a fake boyfriend and a social life.

Jess has no idea Gray signed on for reasons other than money. She also never expects to fall in love. But Gray’s amazingly hot, holds her hand all the time, and makes her forget that he’s simply doing his job. It’s like having a real boyfriend.

...Almost. Very nearly. Not quite.

Gray Porter is hiding secrets of his own. About Jess Jordan. About why he’s driven to protect her, why he won't cash her checks, or deny her anything she asks.

There's a whole lot of things I can say about this contract, and I'm going to try really hard to not be spoilery.

Okay, so first I want to say that I understand it. I know Jess thinks it is necessary and she's doing what she thinks is right... but with everything going on in her head she's just not able to take a step back and realize she's going about all of this wrong.

As for Gray... I acknowledge he's still a kid. Clearly he isn't able to think of the potential consequences of his actions. Right now he's only thinking that he gets to hang out with a girl he's attracted to and he's going to be given the money he needs to go to college. Short term thinking of a contract is always a bad idea.

Also, they're both underage so the contract isn't even legally binding!

Anyway, I'm waiting for this all to collapse on them so I can have all the drama I desire. It fuels me and such. ~ J. Hooligan

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